I just wrapped up my first day at the London International Wine Fair 2010. It was pretty awesome. You’ve got the usual schmoozing with winos you’ve met the world over. And somewhere amidst all the kissing hands and shaking babies (might be backwards, or maybe not) you get to taste a lot of wine.
One highlight was the launch announcement for the European Wine Blogger’s Conference in Austria this year. The guy presenting the wines, Willi Klinger, is a champion. He’s amazing. And the wines were neat too.
Also a couple big Languedoc moments which I’ll probably talk more about at Love That Languedoc. But Gerard Bertrand, Puech Haut and O’Vineyards (3 Languedoc properties) all made appearances in the Access Zone on DAY ONE of the LIWF. What that says to me is that the Languedoc is cutting edge on this thing called the Internet.
And of course, if you’d like to see me goofing around with Oscar Quevedo, drinking in the morning, here is the video from Catavino. It has an awkward, wholesome Sesame Street vibe. You know.. if Sesame Street did an episode on winos.